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Is senile a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word senile is a Scrabble US word. The word senile is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is senile a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word senile is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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Is senile a Words With Friends word?

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6-letter words (5 found)

ENISLE,ENSILE,NELIES,SENILE,SILENE,

5-letter words (11 found)

EISEL,ELSIN,ESILE,LENES,LENIS,LENSE,LIENS,LINES,NELIS,SEINE,SILEN,

4-letter words (25 found)

EELS,EINE,ELSE,ENES,ESNE,ISLE,LEES,LEIS,LENS,LIEN,LIES,LINE,LINS,NIES,NILS,SEEL,SEEN,SEIL,SELE,SENE,SIEN,SILE,SINE,SLEE,SNEE,

3-letter words (21 found)

EEL,EEN,ELS,ENE,ENS,INS,LEE,LEI,LES,LIE,LIN,LIS,NEE,NIE,NIL,NIS,SEE,SEI,SEL,SEN,SIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EL,EN,ES,IN,IS,LI,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 72 words from senile according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of senile

senile

Etymology

1660s; borrowed from French sénile, from Middle French senile, from Old French senile, from Latin senīlis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsiːnaɪl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsinaɪl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪl

Adjective

senile (comparative more senile, superlative most senile)

  1. Of, or relating to old age.
  2. (often offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.

Antonyms

  • juvenile

Derived terms

Related terms

  • senate
  • senator
  • senescence
  • senior
  • seniority

Translations

Noun

senile (plural seniles)

  1. (dated, medicine) A person who is senile.

Further reading

  • “senile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “senile”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Inslee, enisle, ensile, lienes, silene

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

senile

  1. inflection of senil:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin senīlis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈni.le/
  • Rhymes: -ile
  • Hyphenation: se‧nì‧le

Adjective

senile (plural senili)

  1. senile

Derived terms

  • senilità
  • senilmente

Anagrams

  • lesine

Latin

Adjective

senīle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of senīlis

Old French

Etymology

From Latin senīlis.

Adjective

senile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senile)

  1. relating to old age

Declension

Descendants

  • French: sénile
    • → English: senile

Swedish

Adjective

senile

  1. definite natural masculine singular of senil

Source: wiktionary.org